How are you holding up with this cold weather? This morning I drove the better half to a class at the Textile Center on University Avenue while I was on my way to take pictures at the volunteer painting session at the Dynamic Green Home. (Pictures and short description will be posted at DGH on Monday.) It's been so cold that the tire low air pressure warning came on in my Subaru. Apparently I'm not the only one to have this experience. (And by the way, St. Paul should be ashamed of itself for the condition of its ice-covered roads.) Anyhow, I finished up at DGH and went back to collect my passenger. I got to the Center a little early so I went in to explore. The have some interesting pieces and some that I'm just in awe of. Here's a series of iPhone camera pictures of the current exhibition in their Studio room. The subject matter, design and execution all left me pleased that I took the time to explore one of My Minnesota's treasures here-to-fore hidden from me.
Wisdom Rug © harrington
© harrington
Birch Pattern © harrington
tree of life, felt rocks, oak wisdom © harrington
Eagle Rug © harrington
© harrington
© harrington
© harrington
And Mary Oliver helps us find beauty in the cold and snow.
White-Eyes
In winterall the singing is inthe tops of the treeswhere the wind-bird
with its white eyesshoves and pushesamong the branches.Like any of us
he wants to go to sleep,but he's restless—he has an idea,and slowly it unfolds
from under his beating wingsas long as he stays awake.But his big, round music, after all,is too breathy to last.
So, it's over.In the pine-crownhe makes his nest,he's done all he can.
I don't know the name of this bird,I only imagine his glittering beaktucked in a white wingwhile the clouds—
which he has summonedfrom the north—which he has taughtto be mild, and silent—
thicken, and begin to fallinto the world belowlike stars, or the feathersof some unimaginable bird
that loves us,that is asleep now, and silent—that has turned itselfinto snow.
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Thanks for listening. Come again when you can. Enjoy the season. Stay warm.
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